Once upon a time there lived a very cunning man. He poured river sand into the pot, then covered it with a layer of sugar and went to the market to sell the pot with sand as sugar. Another person put clay in a pot, covered it with oil on top and also tried to sell it in the market as a pot of oil. Luckily, they met there and thought it would be good to exchange goods. The sugar man was very happy to exchange the pot of “sugar” for butter and thought that he was the only one so cunning. He didn't know that the other person was as smart as him.
On the way home they were very, very happy and pleased with themselves. But when they arrived home, they discovered that they had been tricked.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru